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Authors
Ekanayake, Erandi
Govinna, Mihidum
Wakkumbura, Shashini
Samarajeewa, Yashodha
Arachchige, Nipuni
Weerathunga, Achini
Rajamanthri, Lakmali
Ranawaka, Gaya
Pattiyakumbura, Thulani
Dasanayake, Dhanushka
Muthugala, Rohitha
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research Institute, Sri Lanka (RC/08/2023)
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Article History
Received: 30 March 2025
Accepted: 1 September 2025
First Online: 29 September 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Research and Ethics Review Committee National Hospital Kandy (NHK/ERC/13/2023), Faculty Ethics Review Committee Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya (AHS/ERC/2023/062) and Ethics Review Committee Medical Research Institute (ERC/14/2022). This study was conducted adherence to the Declaration of Helsinki on conduction of research using humans and/or human data, or human materials. Informed consent to participate was waived by the ethics review committees as this study did not use any data that leads in to any personal identifiers of the samples and patients. The Director of the hospital granted permission to conduct the study.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
